The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-17
OLD SOLDIERS GOING TO ST. LOUIS.
Two Thousand Veterans Will Represent In
diana at the National Encampment.

To the national encampment of the g. A. R. +,
which is to be held in st. Louis next month, In
diana will send about two thousand old soldiers.
One-half Of these expected to 60 from the
central part Of the State. Indianapolis will have
five or six hundred of hen veterans there. Terre
Haute is to send two hundred, and from the
eastern part Of the State about Richmond the
other three hundred will go. The train leaving
here carrying one thousand or more thus emu
merated will be known as the Headquarters
train"
The Indiana soldiers will give the new pension
bill that has been formulated for presentation
to Congress by the past COMMUNICATIVE chief
solid support. Nine out of every ten of the posts
in the State have given the bill their indorse-
ment, but majority of them stated preference
for a service pension measure. The bill that the
posts have been voting on is intended to take the
place of the vetoed by the President This
measure first provides for. the pensionIng of de-
pendent parents. and it shall be necessary only
to show by competent and sufficient evidence
that such parent or parents are, or have been
manual labor, or the contributions of others not
legally bound for their support All pensions
allowed under this act shall commence from date
of actual dependence, If a claim was filed prior
to July l. $780, and in case of applications there
after made the pension shall commence from
the date of the filing of the application in the
pendence The second section reads:
s"That all persons who served three months or
more in the military naval service of the
United States during the late war of the rebel
lion, and who have been honorably discharged
therefrom, and who arc now or who may here
after be suffering from mental or physical dsa-
bility, not the result of their vicious habits
which totally incapacirates them for the perfor-
nance OF manual labor shall, upon making due
proof Of the fact according to such rules and reg
ulations as the Secretary of the Interior may
provide, be placed upon the list of invalid PEN
sioners of the United States, and be entitled
20 receive twelve dollars per month; and
such pension shall commence from the date
of the filing Of the application in the Pension
Office after the passage of this act, upon proof
tinue during tho existence of the same in the
degree herein specified. Provided, That per-
sons who are now receiving pensions under ex-
listing laws. or whose claims are pending in the
Pension Office. may by application to the Com
missioner of PENSIONS in such form as he may
prescrioe receive the benefits of this act; and
nothing herein contained shall be construed
as to prevent any pensioner Hereunder from
prosecuting his claim and receiving his pension
under any other general special act. Pro-
vided, however, that no person shall receive
more than pension for the same period;
and provided further. that rank in the service
shall not be considered in applications filed
hereunder
The bill also provides that when pensoner
dies, il the cause OF death is not due to a viola
ton OF civil military laws, is not the result
of vicious habits, the pension is to be paid to the
widow, minor child children. dependent
mother father, at the rates provided for such
pensioners Section makes it a criminal
ofense for any agent, attorney person to
charge more than ten dollars for prosecuting
pension claim.
The consideration of this bill will be the
principal work Of the encampment Of public i'm